Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker EXCLUSIVE: Franchise legend breaks silence on cameo

Star Wars legend Warwick Davis, who has appeared in six of the franchise’s movies to date, kept tight-lipped when it came to The Rise of Skywalker spoilers during an interview with Express.co.uk. However, he did seem positive about the possibility of making an appearance in the upcoming conclusion to the Skywalker saga, calling the idea “terrific”.

Asked if fans might get to see him in his fifth Star Wars film, Davis said coyly: “It would be terrific, wouldn’t it, to see me in there.

“I’m excited to see the film,” he added, changing the subject. “We haven’t got long to wait now.

“It feels like years, it has been years, but we finally get to find out how it all ends.”

While he was careful not to give a straight answer as to whether or not he features in The Rise of Skywalker, the actor did share an insight into the epic finale.

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Meanwhile, Davis, who first appeared in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi back in 1983, playing Wicket the Ewok, also revealed he why he preferred being in the original, sequel and spin-off movies to the prequels.

Looking back over the different Star Wars eras, he reflected on the biggest changes to filming, saying: “Obviously technology has come on so much in the decades. George Lucas would always push the boundaries of what was possible in movies.

“In terms of Return of the Jedi, that was very far ahead of what anyone else was doing at that stage,” he continued.

“But of course, since then, CG has become the way to make movies now and do visual effects.”

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“There was time around about Episode One and doing the prequel films where a lot less of the set was actually constructed. Most of it would be put in in post-production,” Davis said..

“So, as actors, we were working in environments which were literally just blue our green screens — we wouldn’t really see much of anything.

“But then, coming in to doing the later films, from The Force Awakens into Rogue One and Solo and The Last Jedi, they feel much more like the way that we shot Return of the Jedi in the sense that the sets fully exist again and more of the actual things are realised in reality once again,” he added.

“It’s just how movies are made and how trends go in moviemaking.”